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4/26/13

If you’re in the greater Tampa area tomorrow check out The SPOT’s Spring Roll with special guests Guy Mariano, Raven Tershy, Stevie Perez and Miles Silvas.

Long time supporter of The Art Dump, THIS Gallery is closing. Come by tonight to the final show featuring 150 artists. I gotta imagine that Hershel is one of them since he’s suggesting that I post this. Click below for details.

And if you missed this yesterday (we doubt it) here it is today.

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4/24/13

Drunk bike rides for eight, sex in the toilet and quitting roommates. It’s all in there in Smyth’s Keepin’ It Real episode 3.

Mini Top 5 (trad.)Daniel Espinoza’s Top 5 things about going pro
1. Do I get a raise?
2. I can force my friends to ride boards with my name on them
3. I can finally tell chicks I’m a pro skater
4. I’ve been thinking about getting braces
5. There’s really no difference, same shit

QUOTE:“I like to get Taco Bell after 10pm.”—Daniel Espinoza on why he doesn’t like Europe

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4/23/13

Jer’s new Royal Trucks ad is out the blouse.

Guy’s last moves in regs.

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4/22/13

The Cheeks goes Bang Bang.

At this point you’re well aware of the Royal United Nations on the Berrics. Well, here’s Yoon’s view of the proceedings.

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4/16/13

You either live in Puerto Rico or you need to get to Puerto Rico this May for the Trunk Boyz in PR tour. It’s gonna be killer. Cory Kennedy, Elijah Berle, Sean Malto, Kenny Anderson, Raven Tershy and Stevie Perez.

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4/11/13

Someone get this guy a board.

Come to the Fourstar Signing at Active in Long Beach on Saturday April 13th @ 4:00 PM and you could win one of 4 complete Signature Collections like the Mariano Collection shown below. Active Long Beach, 7585 Carson Blvd, Long Beach CA 90808.

Espinoza’s got an interesting mouth. Check it out on his Free Lunch.

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4/10/13

After a five year hiatus (though you could have just as easily thought the show had been canceled) Smyth is back to Keepin’ It Real with the new season of Real World Portland. Trust us, it’s better than watching it.

In other MTV news, our friends, Maximum Hedrum, and their video/our intro for the song “Synthesize” needs your vote to get some airplay. Do the right thing and cast your ballot.

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4/9/13

Ever want to freak that little round button on your phone. We got you on that.

Q&A
From: Tim,
Q: I don’t care what anyone says, Chomp On This is the single greatest skate video ever made. No other video makes me smile, laugh, and generally happier than any random 10-minute segment from Chomp. That being said, where is the love for it? The Chomp On Disc never materialized (rumors of Pac-Man lawsuits have been floating around for years), no anniversary celebrations when it turned ten, no outtakes ever popped up online, nothing. What gives?
A: Thank you Tom for the love. Chomp on Disc got postponed due to Blu-Ray rights. We are totally bro’s with Pac-Man. Got him some Jager shot’s and he was cool with everything. We want to save the party for our 20th like a fine wine we get better with age. Carroll can we get some shirts please?—Atiba

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4/3/13

Kenny and Mike’s (PRODUCT) RED boards are now shipping to skate shops. It’s a real easy way to make a difference.

Hershel’s Greatest Miss #been too long to count. But it’s definitely a miss.

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4/2/13

Koston talks 20 years of Girl with CCS.

If you want to hang in the coolest of shades, we suggest you click here.

QUOTE:“I hate watching myself freestyle.”—Cory Kennedy

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4/1/13

Tired and broke off from the Tampa contest, Sean Malto thought he was meeting us at the Skatelab to do a short interview, but we had a little April Fools surprise set up for him instead. Thanks to the kids and Todd!

QUOTE:“I was right by Little Weezy!”—Rudy about if he ever made it into the contest at the Skatepark of Tampa or if he just partied in the parking lot all weekend

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3/28/13

Our 48 minute Unused Footage Edit from Pretty Sweet is now available on iTunes. Here’s just a taste.

Our main flow squeeze, Aidan Campbell goes straight to the world wide web with Skateboarder Mag.

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3/21/13

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3/20/13

Girl’s 20. The S.P.O.T.’s 20. Today’s the 20th! Insane, right? Tomorrow night though, our friends at The S.P.O.T. and, by extension, The Bricks are hosting an art show showcasing Girl’s 20 years in the biz.

If you ever wanted to prove that Guy is better than Shaun White well then here’s your chance.

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3/19/13

MJ’s Lost & Lakai’d. Marc Johnson’s Pretty Sweet B-sides make for some Grade-A enjoyment and a great way to show you his new colorways for The Marc.

Check out the new Chocolate product update.

After a recent trip to India Malto and Sebo hopped over to Thailand and demo’d it up with some locals.

*Every Sunday night the Muller family and a guest, or ten, have dinner at Amalfi with his parents picking up the tab. As of this writing, I have yet to be invited.

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3/8/13

To celebrate the release of their Spring/Summer ’13 product, Fourstar will be hosting Tour Diary, a show featuring photos from Eric Anthony, Sam Smyth and Ben Colen. Click on the flier below for the particulars.

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3/7/13

Mike, Rickk and Bird talk Tampa. They been there!

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3/5/13

Fourstar site has been updated with Spring 13 and all things Florida.

This week’s Guest Front Page Poster is Beauty and the Beast alum Chris “T-Bone” Grosso. He also worked on Epicly Later’d with O’Dell and is a pretty good person to call if you’re in NY and Koston wants oysters.

Hershel’s wife Sarah is now a Girl employee, so…

Mini Top 5 (trad.)
Hershel’s Top 5 things about working with your wife:
1. Carpool buddy
2. Can borrow money for snacks and not feel bad about never paying her back
3. More girls in our boys club at Girl
4. Now it’s really the family business
5. Who wouldn’t want her around all the time? She rules!

Girl heavy flow rider Aidan Campbell is featured in this week’s Tuesday 25 over at Skateboarder Magazine.

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3/4/13

Sorry for the lack of post last week, but the streets was calling.

Raven can string ’em together like no other.

Complex put together this list here, and who are we to argue with it?

And if that didn’t satiate your need to pit your favorite companies against one another, then there’s always this.

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2/27/13

This time it’s Carroll, Rickk and Koston on some mid-’00s demoing. Good shit, whoever you are.

If you like Feds, the Steady Cam shots in Pretty Sweet and can read French, then you’ll love this.

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2/26/13

Royal Trucks rider Mauro Caruso just put out a part on Kingpin’s site. Peep this Italian’s fast action attack!

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2/25/13

We love this type of shit. Don’t know who the Tennyson Corporation is but thanks for the remix. We think you’ll like it too. Thanks Zack for the link.

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2/21/13

Cory Kennedy front feebles his little heart out on the Royal IVs.

Q&A
From: Joseph Hughes,
Q: In Pretty Sweet, during the “Dudes in Suits” skit there is one skater I don’t recognize. Is there a guest skater cruising with the dudes?
A: That is our friend and part time Girl employee Aaron Acord. We were short on camera batteries so he brought us some. We had an extra suit, just his size, so he was thrown in the mix.—Aaron

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2/20/13

Q&A
From: Howard Broom,
Q: At the beginning of Raven’s part in Pretty Sweet he does an ollie from a curb cut to 50 another curb on an old Ron Whaley, board that looks even more haggard than Vincent’s setups. Was Raven using his first setup to break in his part, sort of like a good luck charm?
A: No it wasn’t my first board. My friend and I were ’90s skaters for Halloween one year and Ron Whaley hooked us up with old boards. We got the whole set up, huge Ben Davis pants cut into shants, duct tap half cabs, XXXL polo tees, and tiny wheels. It was so fun skating like we were in the ’90s we just ran it for a couple weeks. I still have the board and skate it all the time.—Raven

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2/19/13

The new Lakai.com is now live. Direct to customer sales, Miles Silvas commercial for The Griffin, a new commercial for The Howard, extensive Archives, new team pages, and lots more.

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2/18/13

Tomorrow Lakai.com will be getting a major overhaul. A new video part, commercial and finally an answer to the question “Where can I get those.” So be there.

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2/15/13

The Pretty Sweet Lost & Filmed Re-edit Contest WINNER! First of all, just wanted to say thanks to all those who participated. We’ve never had some many entries, and so many quality entries. We wish we could have showed them all. But look them up on the ‘Tube. They’re out there. And glad you guys had fun. So with out further a doo doo here’s a our winner is Skate Head and his mash up with our Lonely Island brothers. What can we say? We like comedy. That shit’s funny.

Hope you enjoy your prize Skate Head!

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2/14/13

The Pretty Sweet Lost & Filmed Re-edit Contest!Cesar Cervantes has definitely taken a Film Studies course or 20. We’re calling it tomorrow. Here’s what you’re playing for.

We’re loving Gary Williams’ Theoretically Sweet.

Europe’s Monster Skateboard Magazine made a culled a nice collection of Keenan videos for all to see.

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2/13/13

The Pretty Sweet Lost & Filmed Re-edit Contest! Because of the volume of entries we’re gonna have to call the winner on Friday. But until then enjoy Matt Ballard’s ode to the #hashtag. There’s too many to watch. Clever edits, humor and most importantly, not just the skating simply cut to a song. Read post from 1/30/13 full details. Send us your entries in the form of a YouTube or Vimeo link here. We’ll call the winner on Thursday the 14th. Here’s what you’re playing for.

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2/12/13

The Pretty Sweet Lost & Filmed Re-edit Contest! Today we have Brandon Gable’s Hot Chocolate the Sequel. Clever edits, humor and most importantly, not just the skating simply cut to a song. Read post from 1/30/13 full details. Send us your entries in the form of a YouTube or Vimeo link here. We’ll call the winner on Thursday the 14th. Here’s what you’re playing for.

And Ray Markham puts the nail in the SOTY controversy.

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2/11/13

The Pretty Sweet Lost & Filmed Re-edit Contest! Being sitting on this one for a while. Trenton Tarpits was the first one to get it right. And right it is. Clever edits, humor and most importantly, not just the skating simply cut to a song. Read post from 1/30/13 full details. Send us your entries in the form of a YouTube or Vimeo link here. We’ll call the winner on Thursday the 14th. Here’s what you’re playing for.

And since we’re coming to a close on this this week we’ll be running two a day since we received so many good ones. Like this one from Eric Eckert.

Gav, where’s that Mini Top 5?

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2/8/13

We’ll see ya Monday! Oh, by the way, Spike named this.

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2/7/13

The Pretty Sweet Lost & Filmed Re-edit Contest!Manny Valdes boils it down to just the Trunk Boyz on the run. Clever edits, humor and most importantly, not just the skating simply cut to a song. Read post from 1/30/13 full details. Send us your entries in the form of a YouTube or Vimeo link here. We’ll call the winner on Thursday the 14th. Here’s what you’re playing for.

You like shredding? You like product tosses? You like raffles? You like best trick contests? Then on March 2ndCCS’ Lurkathon has got you covered. Click the flier to the park nearest you.

Where in the fuck is The Gav?

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2/6/13

The Pretty Sweet Lost & Filmed Re-edit Contest!Christian Pozos goes dramatic trailer vibe to great effect. Clever edits, humor and most importantly, not just the skating simply cut to a song. Read post from 1/30/13 full details. Send us your entries in the form of a YouTube or Vimeo link here. We’ll call the winner on Thursday the 14th. Here’s what you’re playing for.

Our dear friends Maximum Hedrum were kind enough to let us use their song “Synthesize” for the Pretty Sweet intro, so we kind enough to let them use the Pretty Sweet intro for their music video for “Synthesize.” Boom!

Q&A
From: Matheus Furlan,
Q: So, after me and my homies watched Pretty Sweet for the first time we felt like doing something which had the same good vibes as everything Crailtap does have. Then, Paulo Matos, a friend of mine who is a very good fingerboarder came up with the idea of doing a fingerboard video inspired by both Pretty Sweet and Fully Flared! We put a lot of effort into the making of this, and as you guys are pretty much the ones who inspired the whole thing it’d mean a lot with you watched it and gave us a shoutout.
A: Here you go boys! But don’t blame us for the comments.—Aaron

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2/5/13

The Pretty Sweet Lost & Filmed Re-edit Contest! Poignant talk bubbles. Splatting Blood. Garvy! John Sandlin’s video’s got something for everyone. Clever edits, humor and most importantly, not just the skating simply cut to a song. Read post from 1/30/13 full details. Send us your entries in the form of a YouTube or Vimeo link here. We’ll call the winner on Thursday the 14th. Happy Valentines Day bitches.

And remember you’re playing for all this.

Starting yesterday, this week’s Crail Mottos will all be other names that had been kicked around as titles for Pretty Sweet.

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2/4/13

The Pretty Sweet Lost & Filmed Re-edit Contest! History buff Alfred Aquino II sends up an homage to Girl’s first video, Goldfish. Clever edits, humor and most importantly, not just the skating simply cut to a song. Read post from 1/30/13 full details. Send us your entries in the form of a YouTube or Vimeo link here. We’ll call the winner on Thursday the 14th. Happy Valentines Day bitches.

This week’s Guest Front Page Poster is Roger Ferrero who had the pleasure of shooting the dudes in Spain on their last film trip for Pretty Sweet. Click on the photo below to see more of Roger’s photos.

Q&A
From: Andrew Mahr,
Q: Hey you probably won’t answer this but were there any other name ideas for Pretty Sweet?
A: If you were lucky enough to nab a PS Deluxe Edition DVD, some of the alternate titles are printed on both the inside front and back covers. See the photo below. This thing was a bitch to name.—Aaron

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2/1/13

The Pretty Sweet Lost & Filmed Re-edit Contest!Ian Shulman cracks Bill, from Freaks and Geeks, up. Clever edits, humor and most importantly, not just the skating simply cut to a song. Read post from 1/30/13 full details. Send us your entries in the form of a YouTube or Vimeo link here. We’ll call the winner on Thursday the 14th. Happy Valentines Day bitches.

Much like Spike to the Beasties, Smyth sets the loving gaze of his camera lens on to the Trunk Boyz.

Scott Johnston and Mike Carroll skating the old Brooklyn Projects ramp back in ’04.

If you’re in the Philadelphia area today stop by Space 1026. Walking with The Dutch Giant: A Benefit for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society honoring friend of the Art Dump, Justin Van Hoy. If you can’t make it by you can bid on art here.

There are no “strange new worlds” out there, NASA. Cut the shit. You guys are floating around in space singing Bowie covers. In the words of my brother Kevin, “you want to stop fuckin’ around out there”.

Searcy, are you at Disneyland? That’s a good habit.

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5/10/13

THE SONG: Delusional, Quicksand
THE PLACE: your mind
THE WORD: get a job

I think sometimes, it’s safe to judge a book by it’s cover. And sometimes it’s OK to judge the two books related to the main fucking weird book.

THE SONG: Ho Hey, The Lumineers
THE PLACE: earth
THE WORD: heard it at least 70,000 times and still not mad at it yet. Odd.

It says you should look at it with dark sunglasses but all punkers know, you just look right at that thing bare eyeballed!

Searcy smokes a lot of cigarettes. You get the patch, here at Crailtap we do “the subtle vibe”.

It’s been a long time since I added a new “feature” to this “column”. But starting today we introduce FUCKER ALERT. Just an average shout out to anyone being a fucker.
Todays FUCKER ALERT is this guy. Everyone knows only a FUCKER would wear a royal blue tie with a dark blue suit.

In an interview today, I said “like” three times. Not in the form, “We like to do things this way…” more in this form, “we’re like, looking for someone…”. Sorry Mom and Arthur and Bird. The silver lining? We, like, fully hired her.

Scoochy J cried when he was watching the movie, Pitch Perfect. Wait, was it that or The Perks of Being a Wallflower? Either way, he cried a lot on that flight. If the flight was 16 hours, he cried for 12 of them.

Celtics Ben refers to general population in the world as “the wild”. There’s that one huge green reason to not like this guy but he sure knows how to distract me.

ENTRY #2235
4/24/13

THE SONG: And at the Beginning, Asobi Seksu
THE PLACE: the beginning
THE WORD: the beginning

THE SONG: Other People, Beach HouseTHE PLACE: near byTHE WORD: who cares

No talk about the sun or other planets today. Happy Earth Day, Motherfuckers!

Yesterday I hiked with Spike in flip flops and then when my feet were disgusting, I went to a foot massage place. I know, I know, it’s like Reda blurted out to me at Buscemi’s wedding, I was supposed to make these guys more like me, not become more like them. But I did give the lady with the bucket of dirty water at the foot massage place an $11 tip.

In all fairness to Magic Johnson, he did predict “Lakers in 5 games” before Kobe was hurt. I think it’s safe to say “Spurs Sweep”.

Craigers, I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is your friend Tiffany is now MY friend Tiffany. The bad news is we thought you had a better sense of humor.

Today in a meeting we had our first moment of The Baltrotsky’s colliding. Warmly remembered as “Hershel’s Greatest Miss”. Love you two.

If you have two patents about to blow up and you just invented two hot sauces and can’t work full time because the phone could ring at any moment and “bam, things change”, how about you stay the fuck out of my office to interview for a warehouse position? And “IT bartender protector dude” don’t write to The Mez and stand up for inventors. He’s not my boss. Spike’s dad is.

If you yearn for an exhibition of three dudes that wanna be cool but don’t want you to know that, follow @crailringer. 185 people can’t be wrong.

Sorry Canada but you wanted to be friends with us. Now you get drug into this crazy mo-fo’s shit. You guys bring the ginger beer, we’ll bring the vodka. And it goes without saying but, you guys bring the weed.

ENTRY #2227
4/1/13

THE SONG: Writing Letters, TsunamiTHE PLACE: hereTHE WORD: later!

Rickk tried to say yesterday that he was going to start an Instagram of just me and see how I liked it. I think he quickly remembered who makes the cookies around this place.

Since Rickk is very set on not blaming his ongoing battle with the flu to the amount of Irish Car Bombs he does with his boyfriend, I am going to be offering him some other suggestions of stories to tell….

Is that all Nasa does? Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda? Fucking find a star or planet or transport someone somewhere and Instagram that shit.

ENTRY #2226
3/29/13

THE SONG: One Time, Justin BieberTHE PLACE: hereTHE WORD: that was enough

Every Friday is Good Friday when you don’t have to work Saturday. My mom use to say that at church, it was funnier then. Sorry for trying to be funny. This column is known for being not funny.

When Spike leaves a phone message asking for advice he says at the end, “I already have my mind made up but call me back anyway”. Yeah, that’s called “I can call all the shots but I am not 100% sure of my shot calling”. Which is totally different then what Mikey does which is called “I can’t call any shots until I run them by 22% of everyone closest to me”. It’s a recipe for success if you look closely at the ingredients.

You want an update? Mikey’s in the Bahamas, Spike is in NY and Rickk has the flu. Rickk’s flu is not from drinking. Spike is not back in NY for good. He just hasn’t decided which coast is “in” so he’s keeping it up in the air.

And speaking of Spike, his dad says “fuck” a lot. And he calls Crailtap, “the site thingy bloggy shitty”. Better name then we came up with but he wasn’t our boss yet.

If you can’t figure out how to get your Pandora to run through your Apple TV, don’t wait until Mikey’s at the Tampa Pro. He has some sort of Irish Car Bomb accent that is really hard to understand.

I don’t think I want a goat anymore. (Reverse psychology…..shhhh).

Follow me @crailringer if you want to see what all the cool kids aren’t doing.

Craigers is on an exotic jaunt through the US and can’t be stopped. Where next, Tempe?

ENTRY #2223
3/22/13

THE SONG: No One Is A Loser, The Sugarland GangTHE PLACE: earthTHE WORD: Kidding

Tampa Tampa Tampa.

Spike. Spike. Spike.

Selfie. Selfie. Selfie.

ENTRY #2222
3/20/13

THE SONG: Many Shades of Black, The RaconteursTHE PLACE: EarthTHE WORD: grey

It turns out the angry bartender is not even a bartender. He’s an IT person that feels like he needs to fight the good fight for bartenders. The bottom line is that our production person can’t fix your server, you can’t make a bloody Mary and the guy who sent his resume in response to an ad for “NO LESS THEN THREE YEARS IN CLOTHING PRODUCTION” can’t work here.

With Mikey helping more with the marketing of the brands, stay tuned for a Tila Tequila Crail Couch.

Jesus wouldn’t take a “selfie”. #YOLO

We’re sort of like Google in that you can bring your dog to work. The part where we’re not like Google is where we turned the kitchen into an office.

ENTRY #2221
3/18/13

THE SONG: Day In, Day Out, XTCTHE PLACE: earthTHE WORD: it keeps turning.

If you ever feel like you are not getting enough Rickk, Mike and Spike, follow me on Instagram @crailringer

The Mez opens all my hate mail so he let me know that some angry bartender didn’t like that I bagged on the bartender that sent his resume for our production position that is open. Just to be fair, I doubt the production person we hire will be able to whip up a tequila sunrise anywhere close to the quality of what you do. And I doubt the person that owns your bar wants to take the time to teach him.

And just to be more fair, this column is about goats, the sun, two professional skaters, a celebrated director, a tough guy, a dude that was busted at the river, a used car salesman and a few other things. Maybe write your senator or the local paper or anything that has at least 2% substance.

Last night The Lakers won without Kobe. Not sure what that means but I need filler. I’m not like Ben, I can’t just let this column sit here and not breathe.

It feels like her campaign to show us how incredibly stupid she is, is really going full court press.

If you read an ad for a production coordinator and it says “3-4 YEARS EXPERIENCE A MUST” maybe don’t include “I can’t think of a better candidate for this job” on your cover letter if you’ve only bar tended. I have nothing against bar tending but I have been a patron enough times to know, you fuckers aren’t prepping tech packs.

My office has a small bathroom and Rickk did me the favor yesterday of taking a huge dump after lunch. It truly made the rest of the day in my office so great. I’m currently blaming it on the Skateboard Mag because they took him to lunch. I know, it seems like I should blame Rickk but you didn’t hear? Yeah, he and Mikey can’t do anything wrong. It’s pretty cool.

Craig’s keen ability to spot the right resume is not his keenest ability.

Go Kings. That’s right. I can’t take Dwight playing like he’s 5’3″ with oil covered hands. I clearly can’t cheer on the Anaheim Clippers so hockey it is. Tough Guy and River, “we” got this. Good game last night.

Mikey thinks we should make tampons. We all have our ideas for growth.

Smyth is moving in on my baking bonanza. Seriously Sam, I’ll put a vending machine with all high end items in right next to that all processed snack computer you have in the warehouse. Don’t fuck around.

Yesterday while Mikey drank tequila and mimosa’s, I went to spin class, baked cookies and took a hot yoga class. He had more fun, I feel pretty much the same. Victory Carroll.

THE SONG: As Long As You Follow, Fleetwood MacTHE PLACE: InstagramTHE WORD: social media mayhem

Follow my friend at @crailringer. We’re a lot alike so you can gauge your love/hate off of that fact.

Happy Birthday, Thiebaud. As my mother told me one night when I was leaving for the prom, “one bad decision can change all of our lives”. I think you know what she meant and I know you know what I mean.
Get your shit together, Jim.
Hugs!

Today I was in a meeting with Rick, Mike, Sam, The Mez, Jenkins, Hersh, Callaway and Carnalag and Mikey fell asleep, sort of, twice. Well, he just yawned like a bear that was waking up from a four month nap. It didn’t annoy me, why?

ENTRY #2208
2/1/13

THE SONG: The Shadow Of Love, The DamnedTHE PLACE: hereTHE WORD: just the shadow…

Rickk went to get another root canal. He’s so competitive. Chill out, Rickk, there is no way you’re catching up to me. I have four real teeth left, just stick to what you know.

The Gav called me yesterday and he said, “let me call you right back, it’s _________________”. And he just never called back. And you know what the funny part is? I didn’t have anything left to talk to him about.

The Turnover’s are 2 for 2. That would be about a 68% better winning record then MY Los Angeles Lakers. Go Burbank.

“How can you not believe in this team? This team is built to win. It’s a very, very solid team”— Lakers executive vice president Jim Buss

ENTRY #2200
1/9/13
THE SONG: Country Roads, John DenverTHE PLACE: the countryTHE WORD: take me home!

I think it’s just about time to not ask that question, “Can this get any worse” about The Lakers. Let’s just watch and wonder. And take deep breaths and appreciate all that couch time we won’t regret during the playoffs.

Last night Spike and I agreed he was not “corpo”. I was mostly agreeing so I could get out of my car and deal with the nice man repairing my heater. Jonze, call me, I’m kidding!

This guy last night was telling me about the NHL lock out being over and then he repeated some quote from Wayne Gretzky about escaping to where the puck is going to be and not where it’s been and the whole time he was talking I was trying to remember if I had Skittles in my glove box.

Are American telescopes any better then European telescopes? These photos look like I took them from earth. This astroid is going to be blazing by earth again in 23 years so might as well just put off checking it out until then if you’re busy.

Craig and Scoochy J, let me know what color you want for the flight. You’re welcome.

See that tiny guy on that huge wave? That’s not Spike.

Rickk and Justin car pooled to the Burbank airport to make up for the fuel that Mikey pushed into the atmosphere from a private jet. Go big or look normal.

I like my hands nice and warm when I throw air balls.

ENTRY #2197 1/4/13 THE SONG: Ghosts That We Knew, Mumford and SonsTHE PLACE: right hereTHE WORD: Ghosts are better then the real thing

Most of the time, in order of worry, it goes: Rickk first, then Mikey, then Spike. Mikey has taken the first spot on a Beauty and The Beast Tour as well as a few New Year’s Eves but Rickk holds steady in that spot with his keen ability to not know his own strength.

But today when Spike texted me he was “eating and drinking and surging” a lot, he took that spot. “Surging”? What is that some sort of new director energy yoga? What the fuck? Lucky I am sharp enough to realize he wasn’t with his assistant so he can’t spell check his texts. He meant “surfing”. Watch out for Rickk. Jonze is fine.

If you ever want a good laugh, talk to Rickk about how he’s “up” when it comes to gambling. The calculations are nothing short of hysterical.

Mikey, tonight when the game is on, your team is in red and blue. The guy that looks like the chick from the Wendy’s logo on steroids, he’s your guy. You’re welcome.

2012 ended with the sad realization that after all those years of popping bottles, Mikey can not open champagne. Scott Johnston’s wife was kind enough to show him how to not spill 30% of every bottle on the floor. Either way, it was a blast.

Very last post of 2012 for this column. As with every year, the more things change; did some serious Girl spring cleaning, finally one of our parents had to step in and run this place with us, Smyth got that neck tat, Mikey joined Rickk and Spike in the directors role, Eti and Jenkins have worked here long enough to bring in a second generation, Crail East was born, Callaway realized The South Bay IS where it’s at, River got hitched, we’re finally in double digits for female employees and we’re about to begin decade two of this game.

The more things stay the same; my office needs a window, The Mez and Rickk still can’t control their bowels, the Lakai office looks like it’s from another building, we didn’t win every award Rickk thought we deserved, we called the police twice, the world didn’t end, I learned my lesson the hard way, Bird said the perfect thing at the perfectly wrong time, Jenkins had a question for an employee that no longer worked here, softball game and every other gathering was a fucking blast, even the winter loves the sun and goats are still gods gift to us.

Cheers to everyone on a Pretty Sweet year, and I mean everyone, we’re blessed beyond any of our wildest dreams.

At Whole Foods about an hour ago, a gentleman told me my driving sucks, I should use my blinker and he should call the “fucking cops”. Looks like Santa didn’t know where to drop the packages marked “motherfukcer” off to. Dick!

We’re on catalog deadline and Rickk went and ate at Monk’s. Everyone knows you don’t eat at Monk’s unless you have time to have diarrhea for two days. Rookie move, Core.

Eldy’s been banned from the Laker season seats. All the signs are starting to appear that the world IS ending. Don’t worry, I will blog from heaven.

Spike’s dad can call us here at Girl and tell us we’re not doing shit right. And then you have to send him reporting and summaries of how you are going to fix your actions.

That was a fun twenty year run of doing what we wanted. Seriously, super fun.

Not trying to get a baby whale anymore. Did some research and they get big and pissed off in captivity and then kill you. I don’t need those kinds of problems.

Earlier I was speaking with my sister and she said, “wouldn’t the world have already ended in Australia” and I had to explain the time difference and that it won’t end for them until tomorrow. DUH.

This type of stuff in a “Selfie” is so upsetting. Come on, close the shower curtain and make a sick back drop. It’s a full time job, trying to get this part of the population to stop making us look like our heads are up our asses.

Monday is our annual Holiday Dinner and I think I’m doing the playlist. Hope you like your Mary G Blige sprinkled with a little Willie Nelson. Full “FAIL” but the upside is no one will sleep on this task next year.

And “pre-party” is the new “after party” which I think means we’re starting this weekend.

Oh, that’s your idea of “making shit happen”? Cool, take care.

Now I want a baby whale, too. I have to work the logistics out with the gallons of water in my pool and the budget for bamboo for my baby panda but I think this is going to work. I feel really good about this.

ENTRY #2190 12/12/12 THE SONG: We Are The Champions, QueenTHE PLACE: hereTHE WORD: us

Dear Rickk, Mikey, Spike and Santa, these goats I’ve wanted for the last ten years are $100 max. Not directed to any particular one of you in any particular order but that’s less then three hands of poker, a Commes De Garcon wool jacket and two privates in pilates. When I buy it on my own, don’t run around saying “we” got a goat at Crailtap.

Eldy, I’m speaking in code of course but are we out of weed in the one special weed jar? You know what I mean?

Bird, we blew it on our 12/12/12 tats because I heard from a friend that the cool kids got them at 12:12 PM. If I can’t rely on you for this type of shit, what can I rely on you for? Jesus.

Already turned in my “time off” form since I will have to stay up all night for this. You’d think meteor showers would be less like the cable company and not give you a twelve hour window to have to wait around.

Today I was in on a meeting where Meza tried to take Mikey’s role in our lives. Meza, there’s only room for one guy with no answers and all worst case scenario’s. Seriously.

I just found out that those photos that (mostly) chicks take of themselves with their own camera with their arm extended are called “Selfie’s”. I love to hate the second hand embarrassment those give me, the more “sexy” and “serious” the facial expression, the more I like the cringe. Don’t stop, ladies. Seriously.

Bookmark SPACE.COM because you won’t always have me to rely on. Seriously.

Maybe the Mayan calendar will take only the people that believe it? That seems cool. And the people that think it has even the slightest bit of relevance all get shipped to an island? Then they can make an army of “dumb”. Cool, make it happen.

Larson hates that this ever left his mouth, but he did leave here to “spread his wings”. Larson, are they spread? I’m just checking, dude, you know we have need to know if they are or not.

Channel Street, the infamous San Pedro FYI park had it’s 10 year anniversary celebration over the Halloween weekend. Check a few photos of the rippers here.

Rick Fabro, Day of the Dead frontside air.

ENTRY #1062, 9:41am

10/29/12

It’s really difficult to express emotions in writing. We lost a good human being over the weekend. His life was taken by a drunk driver as he skated home in the bike lane. Just like that, a vibrant human being who touched a lot of lives was taken from us. My heart is heavy for his friends and family. Reggie worked here at Girl for a while and was always a good person to be around. A Nice dude with a good chuckle. You will truly be missed Reggie Destin. I hope you’re in a much better place now. Rest in Peace.

Sorry for the non communications, I was sick for a couple of days. But I’m back. I’ll post a photo of The BEST IDEA FOR A CONTEST CONTEST prize this afternoon. Thanks for sending in the great ideas. Keep them coming; Email me with your BEST IDEA FOR A CONTEST.

ENTRY #1018, 11:57am

1/16/12

The BEST IDEA FOR A CONTEST CONTEST is in full swing. From the 20 or so entries that have been submitted, about 5 are in the running to win. The rest? Let me suggest;

> Nothing Illegal

> Nothing involving nudity

> No long boards

> Hold off on the cross-dressing ideas

I still haven’t come up with a prize, but you can be assured it’ll be good. Email me with your BEST IDEA FOR A CONTEST. Stay tuned.

ENTRY #1017, 1:59pm

1/15/12

This is Bad Ass;

ENTRY #1016, 3:03pm1/13/12

It’s a brand new 2012 and I’ve managed to start it off with… nothing special. Hell, almost nothing at all. I tried thinking of something neat to do but the only thing I came up with was to write the column in Japanese characters. But I don’t know Japanese. Then I thought, a contest! But I’m so uninspired I can’t even think of a contest.

That’s it! Have a contest where the winner is the person who comes up with the best contest idea! Two in one, sorta. So that’s what I’m doing to start of the 2012.

Email me with your BEST IDEA FOR A CONTEST and we’ll go ahead and start this BEST IDEA FOR A CONTEST CONTEST. I’ll announce the deadline and prize tomorrow.

ENTRY #1015, 11:49am1/3/12

Put together some of skateboardings best photographers with framed prints and you get “Still Life With Wood,” opening this weekend in Laguna Beach.

Ringer, please let Marco know my present was also stolen out of the Supra Holiday box.

ENTRY #1012, 1:42pm12/16/11

Man, my column sucks. I promise to light it up for the 2012. In the meantime , here’s a rad short film that has nothing to do with skateboarding — except maybe the spirit of it. Enjoy The Wall of Death.

ENTRY #1011, 4:43pm12/12/11

BOOM goes the dynamite.

ENTRY #1010, 10:54am12/1/11

Today is World AIDS Day. Remember; The beginning of the #endofAIDS starts with you.

Joel Rice has updated his column “Flip” over at McSweeneys. This time it’s a sort of anthropological notation of a skate demo, which he promises is, mercifully short, fun and… easy to understand. He’s telling the truth, check it out. If you want to rummage through his past columns, go here.

ENTRY #1003, 9:17am10/17/11

SKATE THIS!

Contributed by Tapper, James Bonney.

ENTRY #1002, 9:15am10/11/11

SKATE THIS!

ENTRY #1001, 9:45am10/10/11

SKATE THIS!

ENTRY #1000, 4:07pm10/7/11

SKATED IT!

ENTRY #999, 11:31am10/4/11

SKATE THIS!

ENTRY #998, 2:27pm9/28/11

Aaron’s been posting his entries from the future. Cool.

ENTRY #997, 2:56pm9/27/11

Don’t worry, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are on top of it.

Hey, the 1,000th Sanger Sings post is right around the corner. Stay tuned for hoopla, I’m going to be giving something away.

ENTRY #996, 1:32pm9/27/11

ENTRY #995, 12:01pm

9/21/11

We’re INSPI(RED). Today is Social Good Day & we’re using social media for social good with our partner (RED). Check our Facebook pages and the team Tweeters. Meetup. Talk.

The best of the Godfather of skate zines is now available under one cover. Skate Fate was published for 10 years by Garry S. Davis and it was always filled with good material — it was a truly authentic window into skateboarding from ’81 to ’91. I can’t recommend this book highly enough. Go get it.

Check this interview with Girl Skate Co Alumn, Michael Blabac. Good stuff, as is this classic Blabac shot…

ENTRY #947, 12:09pm

3/23/11

The Art Dump will be showing “Double Feature” at The Family Room Gallery in Chicago this month and it opens THIS Friday. If you spot a Dumper there, give them a punch in the arm from me.

ENTRY #946, 2:09pm3/8/11

Don’t know where to begin on this one… should I be mad at Mo, official (Skate) Lab Rat, for not letting us know about this? Should I be worried about the repercussions of posting this? Or, should I just enjoy it?

Get back to work, num-nuts.

ENTRY #945, 10:14am2/24/11

SKATE THIS!

From Tapper, Matthew Berry. The 7th most expensive thing/project in the world… somewhere in Switzerland.

ENTRY #944, 3:31pm
2/16/11

Salman Agah and Todd Giordanella have opened a pizza joint, Toddy G’s, in downtown LA. Dave Carniewrites them up. Good luck fellas.